Main description:

This book summarizes the principles, protocols, and applications of enzyme-based biosensors in healthcare. After providing a brief history and discussing the development of various biosensors used for medical applications, it explores the principles of enzyme-based biosensors and reviews a number of enzyme immobilization techniques. It then addresses the potential of enzyme-based biosensors in the diagnosis of infectious and non-infectious diseases; illustrates the potential of enzyme-based biosensors for non-invasive monitoring of biochemical biomarkers; and assesses the application of paper-based and microfluidic-based nanobiosensors in medical diagnostics. A one-stop resource on recent advances in enzyme-based biosensors in healthcare, this book will appeal to students, researchers and scientists in a range of disciplines, as well as entrepreneurs, and medical/healthcare professionals.

Contents:

1. Enzymatic Biosensors for Healthcare Applications.- 2. Choice of Enzyme Immobilization Matrices used in Biosensor for Healthcare Applications.- 3. Enzymatic biosensor platforms for diagnosis of heart diseases.- 4. Enzymatic biosensor platforms for Detection of cancer.- 5. Enzymatic biosensor platforms for early diagnosis of diabetes.- 6. Enzymatic Biosensor for Detection of Pancreatitis.- 7. Enzymatic Bio-sensing Platforms for Gut Diseases.- 8. Enzymatic biosensor platforms for non-infectious diseases: Diagnostics of metabolic disorders.- 9. Protein-based biomarkers for diagnosis of malaria in point of care settings.- 10. Enzymatic biosensor platforms for infectious disease diagnosis: focus on tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases.- 11. Piezoelectric Biosensors in Healthcare.- 12. Low cost paper-based analytical devices and their application in health care system.- 13. Nano-inspired Point-of-Care Enzyme based Wearable Biosensors for Global Health Care.- 14. Commercialized enzymatic biosensors in healthcare against the conventional methods.-